Overview
- Netflix released the official trailer and confirmed a Toronto International Film Festival Primetime opening‑night screening on Thursday, Sept. 10, ahead of the series’ global Netflix debut on Oct. 8.
- Below is a six‑episode limited series created and showrun by Newfoundland native Jesse McKeown and led by Josh Hartnett with Mackenzie Davis and Charlie Heaton among the principal cast.
- The story follows Hartnett’s Calvin Penney, a Newfoundland fisherman who teams with a visiting marine researcher to protect his family and town after a mysterious iceberg and an unidentified creature appear offshore.
- Production emphasized on‑location shooting in St. John’s and extensive practical on‑water work with prosthetics, supported by visual effects from Mr. X to keep the monster largely concealed in marketing.
- McKeown frames the show around local history such as resettlement and the cod fishery collapse, a choice that foregrounds social and economic pressures on the community and positions TIFF screenings to shape critical buzz before streaming.